²⁵ Now therefore why should we die? For this great fire will consume us. ^(A)If we hear the voice of the Lord our God any more, we shall die.

²⁷ Go near and hear all that the Lord our God will say, and ^(A)speak to us all that the Lord our God will speak to you, and we will hear and do it.’

¹⁶ just as you desired of the Lord your God at Horeb ^(A)on the day of the assembly, when you said, ^(B)‘Let me not hear again the voice of the Lord my God or see this great fire any more, lest I die.’

¹⁹ Why then the law? ^(A)It was added because of transgressions, ^(B)until the offspring should come to whom the promise had been made, and it was ^(C)put in place through angels ^(D)by an intermediary. ²⁰ Now ^(E)an intermediary implies more than one, but ^(F)God is one.

¹⁹ and ^(A)the sound of a trumpet and a voice whose words ^(B)made the hearers beg that no further messages be spoken to them.